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Argument
Premise and Conclusion
• An argument, in its most basic form, is a group
of statements, one or more of which (the
premises) are claimed to provide support for,
or reasons to believe, one of the others (the
conclusion).
Recognizing Reasoning and
Identifying Conclusions
• Reasoning/Arguments - occur when someone,
who believes some statement, will present
reasons which aim at persuading others to
adopt this same point of view.
– Ex. He must be older than he says he is. He told us
he was forty-two, but he has a daughter who is at
least thirty years old
Further Examples
• The bus is late. It must have broken down.
• That bird can’t be a robin. It doesn’t have a
red breast.
• Children learn languages much more quickly
and speak them more fluently if they start to
learn them at an early age. So if you want your
children to be bilingual, you should speak two
languages to them from the time they are
born.
‘Argument indicator’ words